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Isla de Alborán
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Alborán Island

island, Spain
Also known as: Isla de Alborán
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Alborán Island, islet, belonging to Spain, in the western Mediterranean Sea. About 2 miles (3 km) long, Alborán lies roughly midway between Spain to the north and Morocco to the south. It is a station on the Almeria-Melilla undersea cable and is uninhabited except for lighthouse keepers. Alborán is also the name of the far western submarine basin of the Mediterranean centred on the islet.

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